FINAL PLEA TO THE JURY IN THE ZIMMERMAN TRIAL. AND A YOUNG CROOK POLICE CATCH A 12-YEAR-OLD THIEF RED-HANDED BUT IT WASN'T CANDY HE WAS TRYING TO STEEL GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY I'M KAREN DREW THAT STORY TOPS OUR NEWS AT THIS HOUR. THAT CHILD. CAUGHT INSIDE A SOUTHFIELD BANK EARLY THIS MORNING TRYING TO STEAL CASH. OUR SHAWN LEY JOINS US NOW LIVE. HAVE YOU BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING A VERY WILD STORY. WALK US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED. JUST GOT OUT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE. NO CHARGES AGAINST THIS 12-YEAR-OLD LITTLE BOY. WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH STEP BY STEP. 3:00 IN THE MORNING AT A BANK OF AMERICA POLICE CAUGHT THIS LITTLE GUY RIGHT INSIDE THE BANK AFTER HE BROKE IN. ONLY LOCAL 4 CAM CAMERA ARE THERE AT THE BANK OF AMERICA BRANCH. THAT'S A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY BEING LED OUT IN HANDCUFFS. BANK SECURITY TELLING LOCAL 4 THE BOY USED A BRICK TO SMASH THE FRONT DOOR AND WAS BEING WATCHED ON SECURITY CAMERA AS HE BROKE OPEN TELLER DRAWERS AND STARTED COLLECTING CASH, ROLLS OF COINS AND A BOX OF GUM. WHEN POLICE CAUGHT HIM IN THE ACT INVESTIGATORS SAY THE BOY TOLD THEM HE WAS JUST 8 YEARS OLD AND HE SEEMED CALM AND COOL. ASKING FOR THE SNACKS HE BROUGHT INTO THE BANK WITH HIM. AFTER THE ARREST THE BANK'S DOOR WAS BEING BOARDED UP THIS MORNING AND THE BANK WAS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. BANK CUSTOMERS WERE SHOCKED BY THE DETAILS OF A BOY BURGLARIZING THE BANK. IT WAS OUT OF CONTROL. IT'S SHOCK. Reporter: THE BOY'S MOTHER GOT A MAKEUP CALL NO PARENT COULD FATHOM GETTING. SHE RUSHED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHERE HER SON WAS HANDED OVER TO HER. MA'AM WHAT DID THEY TELL YOU. THE MOTHER SAID SHE WASN'T GIVING DETAILS OF HER SON'S ACTIONS WASN'T WILLING TO DISCUSS THE BIZARRE CASE. CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES MAY BE GETTING INVOLVE WITH THE CASE. POLICE SAY THE BOY IS FROM NEARBY OAK PARK AS YOU CAN SEE HE WAS ALONE RIDING HIS BIKE TO THE BANK AT 3:00 THIS MORNING. BACK HERE LIVE SO YOU HAVE A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY A BIKE AND A BRICK AND THE BANK IT DID SEEM EASY FOR HIM TO BREAK IN. I ASKED BANK OF AMERICA ABOUT SECURITY THERE. THEY TELL ME WE HAVE SECURITY MEASURES IN PLACE AND TAKE ANY ATTEMPTED BURGLARY TO OUR BANKING CENTERS SERIOUSLY. THIS IS AN UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT WE ARE COOPERATING WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. IN FACT THE DIRECTOR OF SECURITY JUST WALKED OUT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER MEETING WITH INVESTIGATORS, KAREN. YOU SAID THE BOY WAS PRETTY CALM. DID HE SAYING ANYTHING SPECIFIC TO POLICE OFFICERS? HE DIDN'T HE WASN'T SURPRISED WHEN HE ARRIVED. HE SAID HEY, I'M 8 YEARS OLD. HE GAVE THEM A BIRTH DATE WHICH MADE HIM NINE YEARS OLD. HE HAD ESTIMATED THEN THAT HE WAS ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD. THEY BROUGHT HIM BACK HERE TO FIND OUT THAT HE WAS JUST 12 BUT STILL THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYONE THAT YOUNG BREAKING INTO A BANK BEFORE. THE FACT HE'S OUT 3:00 IN THE MORNING, TOO.

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -

A 12-year-old boy is accused of breaking into a Bank of America in Southfield early Friday morning.

Police said the 12-year-old boy rode his bike to the bank on Greenfield Road and used a brick to shatter the front door.

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The bank's security company could see the boy on surveillance video walking around the bank at about 3 a.m. and called police.

Raw video: 12-year-old arrested in bank break-in

Police said the boy broke into some teller drawers and took rolled coins and miscellaneous cash from a teller's drawer.

Sources tell Local 4 that the boy first told police he was 8 years old, but gave police a birth date that would have made him 9 years old. Police then determined he was 12 years old.

The boy also kept asking police about the snacks -- Funyuns and chocolate milk -- he had taken to the bank with him.

The boy was picked up at the Southfield Police Department by his mother. She declined to comment to Local 4.

No charges have been filed yet.

Local 4 has learned that the boy is expected to go through psychological testing.

Statement from Bank of America:

"We have security measures in place and take any attempted burglary to our banking centers seriously. This is an unfortunate incident and we are cooperating with local law enforcement."Diane J. WagnerSVP, Media RelationsBank of America

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Police escort young man out of the Bank of America in Southfield after he was discovered inside about 3:45am Friday morning.

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